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Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail & Right Fork Maple Canyon Trail

15.3 mi · ▲ 5,525 ft · 7 hr 52 min

Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail & Right Fork Maple Canyon Trail is a 15.3-mile out-and-back near Mapleton, UT. It climbs 5,525 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi4,931 – 10,178 ft · steepest grade: 30%15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12418, -111.55825
Nearest town Mapleton, UT
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Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail & Right Fork Maple Canyon Trail

15.3 mi · ▲ 5,525 ft · 7 hr 52 min

Elevation 4,932–10,178 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.12418, -111.55825

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Maple Mountain Face Road, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Whiting Campground Road, heading E.
  10. 100 ftBear right onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading E.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading E.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miSharp right onto Right Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  14. 5.1 miReach Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 5.1 miSharp left onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Maple Canyon Road, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  18. 250 ftBear left onto Whiting Campground Road, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Left Fork Maple Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Maple Mountain Face Road, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/left-fork-maple-canyon-trail-left-fork-maple-canyon-trail-out-back-3-sights-25-km-7752

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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